The Grinch® Blossom
Merry Grinchmas! There’s never been a treat that can make your heart grow three sizes with every bite quite like this recipe. Each cookie is covered in green sugar crystals, topped with a Hershey's Kisses and a small red heart. These sugar cookies are easy to make and are sure to please a crowd — of humans and Whos alike. When you’re gathered in the kitchen baking or snacking on holiday treats, you’ll realize Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!
48 Serving(s)

Ingredients
- 1 bag Hershey's Kisses
- 1 (3.2 oz.) container dark green sanding sugar
- 1 (17.5 oz.) pkg. sugar cookie mix
- 1 (0.5 oz.) pkg. assorted food color dye
- 1 pg. red tube icing
- 1/3 cup Schnucks granulated sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from 50 Hershey's Kisses; set aside.
- Make Grinch® Green sugar. Place 1/3 cup granulated sugar in small bowl or food storage bag. Add equal parts blue and yellow liquid food color to get desired shade of green. Stir or shake to get uniform sugar color. Allow sugar to dry and set aside.
- Mix 1 package of sugar cookie dough following package directions for cutout cookies. Using food color, tint the cookie dough to desired shade of green.
- Shape dough into 48 equal balls (about one inch each). Roll in Grinch® Green Sugar. Place about two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookie is set. Remove from oven; cool two minutes. Press Hershey's Kisses into center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
- Place remaining two Hershey's Kisses in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at MEDIUM (50%) 15 seconds; stir until melted and smooth. Using toothpick, dab a small bit of melted chocolate to the back of heart-shaped sprinkle and attach to cookie or pipe heart onto each cookie using one tube red decorator's icing.
Nutrition Facts
90 Calories Per ServingFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2.5gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 50mgCarbohydrates: 13gFiber: 0gSugars: 9gProtein: 1gActual nutritional values may vary depending on specific ingredients used and/or modifications to the recipe